imprison

英[ɪm'prɪz(ə)n] 美[ɪm'prɪzn]

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"

"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

2. confine as if in a prison;

"His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"